Chapter Summaries

The Witch Tribe ambushed a demon caravan in Ghostly Gorge, killing its commander and destroying its human-derived weapons and materials. Similar raids were underway throughout the eastern region of Primordial Desolation Earth, leaving the demons’ plans to forge the Witch Slaying Sword under threat.

• Zhujiuyin’s temporal clone slowed the demon caravan in Ghostly Gorge as Great Witches from several tribes launched a coordinated assault.
• Panshi confronted Soul Devouring Ancestor, caught and snapped the Armor Piercing Thorn, then destroyed him with a punch.
• The Witch Tribe’s forces overwhelmed the demon soldiers and smashed the Grievance Gathering Cauldrons, dispersing their Grievance and Malice Origin.
• The Xuanming and Shebishi Tribes destroyed sealed Human Soul Weapons and ruined the caravan’s supplies, while the Witch warriors looted what they could.
• After Zhujiuyin withdrew the Wheel of Time, the Witch Tribe left the ruined gorge and continued its raids across eastern Primordial Desolation Earth.

After suffering heavy losses in a Wu Tribe ambush, Di Jun ordered the Demon Court to recover materials for the Witch Slaying Sword and target the humans sheltered at Wuzhuang Temple. Demon Master Kunpeng led a vast force to Longevity Mountain, where the story left the army surrounding the temple and publicly demanding Zhenyuanzi surrender the humans.

• Kong Xuan repelled Ying Zhao, Fei Lian, and Shang Yang while helping humans escape, but the Wu Tribe destroyed or seized many Demon Court supply routes and killed several demon generals.
• Di Jun approved Kunpeng's plan to melt down stored low-grade Human Soul Weapons and extract their materials for the Witch Slaying Sword.
• Di Jun ordered Kunpeng to lead three million elite troops to Wuzhuang Temple and demand that Zhenyuanzi hand over the humans he sheltered.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi prepared to reinforce Kunpeng, with Taiyi ready to test the Earth Scroll's defenses using the Chaos Bell.
• Kunpeng and the Demon Saints led the army to Longevity Mountain, where demon banners and troops surrounded Wuzhuang Temple in a public show of force.

Demon Master Kunpeng led the Heavenly Court’s forces to Longevity Mountain and demanded that Zhenyuanzi surrender the humans he sheltered and Kong Xuan’s group. Kong Xuan fought Kunpeng to a stalemate, but Kunpeng’s Northern Dark Return to Ruin caught him at a dangerous disadvantage.

• Kunpeng accused Zhenyuanzi of sheltering humans and demanded their surrender along with Kong Xuan and the Western Teachings disciples.
• Kong Xuan, Hong Yun, and Zhenyuanzi denounced Kunpeng’s slaughter of humans, and Zhenyuanzi refused to surrender anyone under his protection.
• Kong Xuan challenged Kunpeng, and the two quasi-sages began fighting above Longevity Mountain.
• Kong Xuan used the Five-Colored Divine Light to counter Kunpeng’s attacks and held him to a stalemate despite their difference in cultivation.
• After several hundred clashes, Kunpeng unleashed Northern Dark Return to Ruin, freezing Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light and threatening to drag him into the abyss.

Kong Xuan survived Kunpeng’s attack with the Southern Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, while Zhenyuanzi raised the Earth Scroll Formation to protect Longevity Mountain. Eastern Emperor Taiyi tested the formation with the Chaos Bell, but it withstood the strike intact.

• Kong Xuan used the Southern Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner to block Kunpeng’s blow, though he was injured and forced back.
• Zhenyuanzi summoned the Earth Scroll and Kun Origin Diagram, forming a vast defensive barrier around Longevity Mountain and Wuzhuang Temple.
• Kunpeng’s repeated attacks failed to break through the Earth Scroll Formation.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrived with elite reinforcements, and Taiyi challenged the formation’s defenses.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi struck the barrier with the Chaos Bell, but Zhenyuanzi’s formation held without cracking, surprising Taiyi.

Taiyi’s Chaos Bell tore a temporary breach in Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Scroll formation, but the Kun Origin Diagram repaired it. Zhenyuanzi challenged Di Jun to attack Wuzhuang Temple, and Di Jun declared that the Heavenly Court’s authority could not fail before its gates.

• Taiyi struck the Earth Scroll formation three times with the Chaos Bell’s Star—fall, opening a breach in the light curtain.
• The Kun Origin Diagram drew on the earth veins and sealed the breach, leaving the formation dimmed but intact.
• Taiyi admitted that the Earth Scroll formation was exceptionally difficult to break, and Di Jun acknowledged they had underestimated Zhenyuanzi.
• Zhenyuanzi defended the humans and his Dao Field, then told Di Jun and Taiyi to withdraw or come and try to take Longevity Mountain by force.
• Di Jun rose in fury and declared that the Heavenly Court’s prestige and future could not collapse before Wuzhuang Temple.

Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to deploy the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation against Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Scroll formation at Wuzhuang Temple. As the formation gathered the power of the stars and struck, Zhenyuanzi and his allies struggled to hold their shield.

• Kunpeng and Bai Ze urged Di Jun to destroy Wuzhuang Temple and defend the Demon Clan’s authority.
• Di Jun ordered all Demon Gods to deploy the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation above Longevity Mountain.
• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Kong Xuan realized the formation threatened to overwhelm the Earth Scroll, but Zhenyuanzi refused to retreat.
• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to guide the gathered power of the stars into a massive attack on Zhenyuanzi’s shield.
• Hong Yun, Kong Xuan, Medicine Master, and the others helped Zhenyuanzi stabilize the formation as he shouted for it to hold.

Dijun and Taiyi’s Circulating Stars Formation shattered Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Scroll Formation, devastating Longevity Mountain and killing countless humans. As the Western saints prepared to rescue their injured disciples, Jieyin and Zhunti sensed a powerful, familiar presence returning from the Chaos and stopped to watch.

• The Circulating Stars Formation destroyed the Earth Scroll Formation, grievously injuring Zhenyuanzi and damaging Wuzhuang Temple.
• Hong Yun and Kong Xuan tried to shield the humans from the aftershocks, but both were severely wounded, and countless people died.
• Dijun and Taiyi declared victory and sent their forces toward Wuzhuang Temple, while Kunpeng mocked the defenders.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to intervene and retrieve their injured disciples, including Kong Xuan, Yaoshi, Maitreya, and the Three Xiao.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sensed a familiar, powerful aura returning from the Chaos and halted their intervention, believing the newcomer had succeeded in proving the Dao.

Jiang Yun returned from the Chaos to the Primordial Desolation World after Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned him to obey its order. On entering, he faced the probing consciousnesses of the Six Saints and began engraving his Dao of All Beings into the Heavenly Dao Laws.

• Jiang Yun followed the spatial coordinates on Great Immortal Yang Mei’s leaf toward the Primordial Desolation World.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun halted Jiang Yun in the Chaos, recognized his Hunyuan realm, and warned him not to disrupt the world’s order.
• Jiang Yun accepted Hongjun’s instruction while asserting that his Dao of All Beings opened a path to life within the established order.
• Jiang Yun crossed the Primordial Desolation barrier and sensed the Six Saints’ consciousnesses probing him.
• Jiang Yun spread his Dao of All Beings into the Primordial Desolation Heavenly Dao Laws, vowing to help all beings awaken and break the chains of fate.

Jiang Yun’s inscription fused the Dao of All Beings with the Primordial Desolation, and his consciousness was swept into visions of the demons shattering Wuzhuang Temple’s defenses and slaughtering the humans there. Facing the ruined temple and overwhelming demon army, Huang, Wa, and the surviving humans swore that their race would never coexist with the demons.

• Jiang Yun’s inscription succeeded, causing a Dao Resonance across the Primordial Desolation and drawing his consciousness into a torrent of karmic visions.
• Jiang Yun witnessed the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation destroy Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Scroll formation at Wuzhuang Temple, gravely wounding its defenders and killing many humans.
• Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the demon army surrounded the ruined temple while Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kong Xuan, and the Western Teachings disciples struggled to protect the survivors.
• Huang and Wa thanked Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kong Xuan, and the other defenders for their sacrifice and vowed that the human race would remember their protection.
• Huang declared the demons’ slaughter an eternal enmity, and the surviving humans swore that humans and demons would never coexist.

After Huang and Wa’s oath against the demon race shook the Heavenly Dao, Di Jun unleashed a Star Core to annihilate Longevity Mountain and the humans there. Jiang Yun appeared between the frozen attack and the survivors, leaving the battle suspended.

• Huang and Wa’s oath gathered humanity’s resentment and fortune, and the Heavenly Dao imprinted it into the Primordial Desolation.
• Enraged by the oath, Di Jun activated the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation and formed a Star Core to destroy Longevity Mountain.
• As the Star Core neared the mountain, a transcendent power froze time, space, the demon race, and the formation while shielding the survivors.
• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kong Xuan, Huang, Wa, and the other survivors recovered from the destructive pressure and looked toward the suspended Star Core.
• Jiang Yun appeared in midair between the Star Core and Longevity Mountain.

Jiang Yun returned as a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal and used Three Lights Divine Water to heal the wounded and restore the surviving humans at Longevity Mountain. As he promised to handle everything else, Di Jun and Taiyi broke free of his spacetime seal and prepared to face him.

• Jiang Yun scattered Three Lights Divine Water over Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kong Xuan, the Western Disciples, Qingfeng, Mingyue, Huang, Wa, the surviving humans, and the Immortal Blessed Land of Longevity Mountain, healing and restoring them.
• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Kong Xuan recognized Jiang Yun and thanked him, while Huang and Wa guided the humans to safety behind the recovering fighters.
• Jiang Yun told everyone to rest and care for the human race, promising that he would handle everything else.
• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell and Di Jun drew on the Star Formation to break through Jiang Yun's frozen spacetime seal.
• Di Jun recognized Jiang Yun as a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, then suppressed his fear and convinced himself that he and Taiyi could resist him.

Jiang Yun offered the demon faction a chance to survive three attacks, then launched his first fist at the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation, Chaos Bell, Dijun, and Taiyi. Dijun urgently ordered Taiyi and the demons to defend against the blow.

• Jiang Yun ignored Dijun’s threats and declared that the demon race could leave if it withstood three moves, but would die if it failed.
• Jiang Yun released the force freezing space-time, allowing the battlefield and the demons to move again.
• Jiang Yun clenched his fist and unleashed an overwhelming physical attack that shattered space and tore toward the formation, Chaos Bell, Dijun, and Taiyi.
• Dijun roared for the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation to defend and ordered Taiyi to use Chaos Bell to block the attack.

Jiang Yun’s fist shattered the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation and overwhelmed the Chaos Bell’s defenses. The torrent of force broke through the bell’s barrier, leaving Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the nearby Demon Saints exposed to its full power.

• Di Jun and Taiyi sensed imminent danger and raised the formation and Chaos Bell’s defenses.
• Jiang Yun struck the formation’s strongest node, collapsing it and killing more than a hundred Great Rakshasa Demon Gods while gravely injuring the rest and annihilating tens of millions of Demon Soldiers and Generals.
• Jiang Yun’s remaining fist force slammed into the Chaos Bell’s barrier, which held briefly as Taiyi, Di Jun, and Kunpeng poured in their power.
• After three breaths, the Chaos Bell’s barrier cracked and shattered, allowing the torrent of fist force to surge through.

Jiang Yun destroyed the demon army’s formation with one fist, grievously injuring Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the Demon Saints and sending the survivors fleeing. As the humans celebrated his victory, the Saints watching from beyond the heavens marveled at the power of his physical strength.

• Jiang Yun’s fist shattered the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation, knocked the Chaos Bell away, and gravely wounded Taiyi, Di Jun, Kunpeng, and the Demon Saints.
• The surviving demon soldiers panicked and fled as the defeated demon leaders fell from the sky.
• The humans at Longevity Mountain cheered Jiang Yun, while Huang, Wa, Kong Xuan, Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and the Western disciples watched in awe.
• The Saints observing from their Dao Fields reacted with shock, and Sect Master Tongtian remarked on Jiang Yun’s fierce Hunyuan Dao and inconceivable physical strength.

Di Jun reeled from Jiang Yun’s devastating first punch and desperately hoped the Saints would intervene before the next attack. The Saints watched from their Dao Fields, while Nuwa remained unwilling to interfere in the conflict.

• Jiang Yun’s first punch destroyed the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation, killed more than three hundred Great Luo Demon Gods, and left Di Jun, Kunpeng, and the Demon Clan’s forces devastated.
• Di Jun recalled his past confidence against Tongtian and realized that he and the Demon Clan were powerless before Jiang Yun; he prayed for the Saints to save the clan’s remaining survivors.
• Venerable Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Taishang Laojun assessed Jiang Yun’s overwhelming power, with Laozi warning that his Hunyuan strength was an unpredictable force.
• Venerable Yuanshi recalled that the Saints had secretly encouraged Di Jun’s belief that he could contend with Saints, intending to use Jiang Yun to curb the Demon Emperor and gauge the new Hunyuan’s attitude.
• Nuwa watched without intervening, believing that humanity’s conflict with the demons and witches had passed beyond her control.

Jiang Yun gave the defeated demon race one incense stick to seek a sage’s aid, intending to expose the sages’ choices to the humans. As the incense burned, Dijun realized the sages had remained indifferent because they were using the demon race to measure Jiang Yun and advance their own interests.

• Empress Nuwa and the Western Teachings’ sages chose not to intervene, judging that Jiang Yun had not crossed the threshold of exterminating the demon race.
• Jiang Yun told Dijun and the surviving demon leaders that he would throw two more punches, but gave them one incense stick to regroup or seek aid.
• The humans recalled how their own desperate pleas had been met with silence, while Kong Xuan understood that Jiang Yun wanted them to see the sages’ indifference clearly.
• As the incense burned, Dijun searched the void for help and found only the sages’ silent projections.
• Dijun realized that the sages were treating the demon race as a tool to test Jiang Yun and pursue their own interests.

Di Jun awakened his battle spirit and rallied the surviving demon army to fight to the death, while the humans watched with sorrow and grim understanding. When the incense burned out, time froze again, leaving only Jiang Yun able to move as he faced Di Jun.

• Di Jun crushed his Golden Crow crown and urged Kunpeng, the demon sages, and the surviving soldiers to fight rather than submit to death.
• The demon remnants rallied behind Di Jun, and their gathered demonic power formed a pillar of Blood Fiend as his imperial path advanced.
• The surviving humans watched the demon army's defiance and recognized that both races had been abandoned by the sages.
• The incense burned out and time stopped, freezing the battlefield while Jiang Yun remained able to move.
• Jiang Yun praised Di Jun's realization, and Di Jun thanked him for helping him understand his path before accepting that the time had come.

Jiang Yun's second punch was blocked by Nuwa's Red Embroidered Ball and Taishang Laojun's Taiji Diagram before it could kill Di Jun and the demon-race survivors. Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones confronted Jiang Yun, insisting that his attempt to exterminate the demon race defied the Heavenly Dao and disrupted its order.

• Jiang Yun unleashed a devastating punch at Di Jun, Kunpeng, and the remaining demon-race elites.
• Nuwa sent the Red Embroidered Ball to repel Jiang Yun's fist, and Taishang Laojun used the Taiji Diagram to shield Di Jun and the others.
• Jiang Yun's punch damaged the Red Embroidered Ball and was stopped by the Taiji Diagram's defense before it reached Di Jun.
• Nuwa appeared and reclaimed her damaged treasure as Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian arrived from Kunlun Mountain.
• Nuwa, Taishang Laojun, and Yuanshi accused Jiang Yun of disrupting the Heavenly Dao by trying to wipe out the demon race, while Tongtian silently watched.

Jiang Yun rejected the Saints’ appeals to Heaven’s order and insisted on completing his three-move agreement with Di Jun. When the exhausted demon race could not face his third move, Jiang Yun demanded that Laozi and the other Saints take it instead, until Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti appeared to calm the brewing conflict.

• Jiang Yun mocked Venerable Yuanshi’s claim to speak for Heaven and said he sought only to strengthen his Dao and settle his grievance with the demon race.
• Di Jun admitted that he and the demon race no longer had the strength to withstand Jiang Yun’s third move, though he would honor their agreement.
• Jiang Yun told Laozi that the Saints must take the third move because the Taiji Diagram had protected Di Jun and vouched for the demon race.
• Venerable Yuanshi became furious, while Sect Master Tongtian eagerly welcomed Jiang Yun’s challenge to the Saints.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti appeared and urged Jiang Yun and the other Saints to calm down.

Jiang Yun rejected Jieyin and Zhunti’s attempt to reconcile him with the demon race, revealing that he intended to use the conflict to establish his reputation and demonstrate the Dao of All Beings. He honored his three-move agreement and challenged the Four Saints to receive his third punch.

• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived to support Jiang Yun, arguing that he had cause to seek justice but should stop before destroying the demon race’s remaining bloodline.
• Jiang Yun had anticipated the Saints’ intervention and planned to use his battle with them to publicize his return and prove the power of the Dao of All Beings.
• Jiang Yun bowed to Jieyin and Zhunti, who invited him to become the third leader of Western Teachings, but he declined their proposed reconciliation with the demon race.
• Jiang Yun declared that he would keep his three-move agreement and asked the Four Saints to receive his third punch.